Ahok asks Indonesian Supreme Court to review his blasphemy sentence
World Watch Monitor Jakarta’s former governor ‘Ahok’ has appealed his prison sentence. PICTURE: Open Doors International. The Christian former Governor of Jakarta has appealed his blasphemy conviction to Indonesia’s Supreme Court. A court spokesman said on 20th February that it had received a request for judicial review from Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who was sentenced […]
Indonesia’s only Christian governor questioned by police amid ‘blasphemy’ furore
World Watch Monitor The only Christian governor in Indonesia is being investigated by police as a suspect in a blasphemy case, amid on-going calls from Muslim groups for his imprisonment. Investigators questioned the Governor of Jakarta, Barsuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as “Ahok”, for eight hours at the National Police headquarters in South Jakarta last week. […]